"The patriarch of the Marathon family, Wilhelm..."
"What Maraton..." Lin Li was a little confused at first, but he almost bit his tongue just halfway through his words: "You mean Maraton Workshop?"
"That's right..."
"What a big deal..." Lin Li stared at Esare in stunned silence. After staring for a long time, he muttered something to himself.
This is really too big...
In the entire Kingdom of France, if there is one force that can compete with the Mannis family for wealth, it is probably the Marathon family.
The legendary arms dealer of the kingdom controls more than 70% of the forging business in the Kingdom of France. Most of the things related to forging are marked with the mark of the Marathon Forge.
The Marathon family and the Mannes family, these two behemoths, almost completely dominate the economic lifeline of the kingdom.
In terms of business strategies, these two behemoths are completely different.
The gilded roses of the Mannes family have bloomed almost all over the Kingdom of France. Even in the most remote villages, you can find the symbol of gilded roses. In Ysera's words, after his death, he will definitely leave the gilded roses.
Roses bloom to heaven!
The Marathon family is a famous military businessman.
The most elite equipment of the Marathon Forge has always been provided to the Kingdom's army, such as the Sky Knights. All the lances and armors they have come from the Marathon Forge.
To put it a bit exaggeratedly, without the Marathon Forge, the Kingdom of France today would probably be just a country where magicians would have to wear armor whenever a war broke out.
Compared with the Mannes family with a long history, the Marathon family started much later. They began to become prosperous six hundred years ago, and it was not until the past three hundred years that they finally reached the peak of their glory.
At that time, the Maraton Forge was just a small blacksmith shop, but with its superb forging skills, this small blacksmith shop climbed up step by step over hundreds of years. Today,
In addition to monopolizing the arms business of the Kingdom of France, they have also extended their tentacles to various fields.
In the past six hundred years, with their astonishing wealth, the Marathon family has gradually penetrated every corner of the Kingdom of France. From the court to the army, there are members of the Marathon family in almost every position.
Various interests are intertwined, getting entangled deeper and tighter. Today, the Marathon family has completely transformed into a terrifying behemoth.
Today's Marathon family, both in terms of wealth and power, can be said to have reached the pinnacle of glory. Even the equally wealthy Mannis family cannot compare with them, because behind this behemoth stands the entire
The army of the Kingdom of France.
Wilhelm, the patriarch of the family of this generation, has won the trust of His Majesty the King. He has been in charge of the military affairs of France for thirty years, and his title has been promoted one after another. He is now the Duke of the Kingdom. With Esare's distinguished background,
With his own strength as a legendary warrior, when he saw Wilhelm, he had to respectfully call him Lord Wilhelm.
This is the glory of the Marathon family today.
"The Mathias you injured is Wilhelm's second son." Essare glanced at Lin Li, looking a little worried.
"I'm surprised..." Lin Li touched his nose and smiled a little awkwardly. To be honest, he really didn't expect Mathias to have such a prominent background. He was actually the son of an arms dealer from the kingdom. Unfortunately, he was just a little stupid...
Esare did not speak, but looked a little confused.
There was one thing that he couldn't figure out even after thinking about it.
How could he not know Wilhelm's character? He is a man who must take revenge. For hundreds of years, the Marathon family has produced a magic genius named Mathias. He was killed by Wilhelm when he was only a few years old.
Mu was sent to the Sunrise City Magic Guild, and this Mathias lived up to Wilhelm's expectations and had already reached the level of a twelfth-level wizard at a young age.
Wilhelm's love for this young son was known even to the ants in Olanna. Before this trial began, Wilhelm had used all kinds of connections and even persuaded the palace's chief magician Aigis to help.
, it is necessary for Mathias to achieve good results in this trial.
This matter has long been no secret in the aristocratic circles of the Kingdom of France. Even Esare, the leader of the Sky Knights who rarely interacts with others, has heard of it.
But no one expected that Mathias would have his limbs broken just after the trial began. This was undoubtedly like a slap in the face to Wilhelm.
With Wilhelm's vengeful character, how could he let go of the young magician in front of him?
Essare couldn't figure it out, how could this kid still stand here well after slapping Wilhelm, and still have the time to wander around on the black market?
Esare couldn't figure it out, but Lin Li had already figured it out.
It seems that during this period, the two people in the Magic Guild have indeed been under a lot of pressure...
But Lin Li didn't say anything, he just kept the incident in mind.
"Do you want my help?"
"No more trouble." Lin Li shook his head and rejected Esare's proposal.
As the leader of the Sky Knights, if Esare is willing to come forward in person, even Wilhelm will probably have to give him a little face. Although it will not expose the matter, it will give both parties some ways to change things.
Chances are, there should be no problem.
Of course, this kind of change must be based on Lin Li bowing his head.
And this was exactly the reason why Lin Li refused.
It's not that Lin Li doesn't know how to bow his head, but when he bows his head to someone, it usually means that in the next second, he will drop a brick on that person's head.
Besides, he didn't want to owe such a big favor.
After putting this matter aside, the two chatted for a few more words. It was almost noon before Lin Li left Esare's house and walked back to the Magic Guild along the street.
Before walking into the guild hall, Lin Li went to the equipment store on the corner again.
I got ten pieces of flame salamander skins, but they were all rawhide. Rawhide that had not been tanned was as hard as iron plate. It was impossible to make it into leather armor and wear it on the body... Well, use it as a shield.
It's okay to have it in hand...
"Good afternoon, Wizard Ferre."
"Good afternoon, Boss Buck." Lin Li greeted the boss, looked around at the new equipment, and then asked casually: "How is business?"
"I'm lucky today. I just sold a few pieces of armor. Hehe, it's all thanks to Magician Fei Lei. If you hadn't left me some eternal fine gold last time, these pieces of armor would never have sold so well.
…”
"It's just a small matter, nothing..."
The two of them did business back and forth several times, and now they can be considered acquaintances. In addition, when they smelted the eternal fine gold ore last time, Lin Li saw that some of the broken ore was not easy to smelt, so he simply gave it to this man named Buck.
The boss regarded it as a favor.
Buck himself runs an equipment store, so how could he not know the value of eternal fine gold? Even these scattered ores cannot be obtained by just anyone. He didn't even say he was grateful to Lin Li at the moment. He thanked Lin Li every time he met him.
It actually made Lin Li a little embarrassed.
"By the way, Boss Buck, I came here today because I actually want to trouble you with something." Lin Li looked around the equipment store, chatted with Buck for a few more words, and then handed over the package in his hand: "I'm here
I have some monster skins, can you help me tan them, I’ll pick them up in two days.”
"Of course it's no problem." Buck is also a grateful person. The eternal fine gold ore given by this young magician has been a huge help to him.
If it weren't for the fact that it was plated with eternal fine gold, how could those pieces of armor be so easy to sell?
"There are ten in total. How much do you need?"
"It's nothing but money..." After Buck took the package, he immediately rejected Lin Li's reward: "You have helped me so much, and I haven't even had the chance to thank you. What's the cost of tanning a few pieces of Warcraft skin?
Magician Feyre, if you talk about money again, you are looking down on me, Buck..."
"..." Lin Li was a little surprised that Buck was so determined, but since he didn't accept money, Lin Li couldn't force him, so he just thanked him again: "Then I'll trouble you."
"what is this……"
Buck was right. The business in the store these days was really good. Lin Li had just handed over ten pieces of flame salamander skins to him, and before he could turn around, another customer came to the door.
Two young adventurers came, a thief and a warrior. They seemed to be doing well. The warrior carried a two-handed giant sword on his back. As soon as he entered the door, Lin Li could tell at a glance that it was a fire-type sword.
Magic weapons. Among the adventurers of Olanna, those who can afford the use of magic weapons can be regarded as the number one person.
As for the thief, a pair of boots made Lin Li look at him in surprise.
If Lin Li read it correctly, these boots should be enchanted with speed.
It seems that these two adventurers are doing well.
Facts also proved Lin Li's guess. As soon as the two of them entered the door, the soldier asked: "Boss, I heard that you sell eternal fine gold armor here?"
Seeing a customer coming to the door, Buck could only smile apologetically at Lin Li, temporarily put the package on the counter, and greeted him with a warm smile: "Sir, you have really good vision, I'm here
Not only do we sell eternal adamantine armor, but we also sell weapons produced by the Marathon Forge. Do you want to take a look at this spear?"
"We don't need the weapons for the time being. You can bring the armor to me first. If it's as good as the rumors say, I can consider buying two pieces." It can be seen that this warrior adventurer came here for the eternal fine gold armor.
Just a few broken pieces of eternal fine gold ore can bring such good business to an equipment store, which is somewhat beyond Lin Li's expectation...